The Pinecone Mermaids

I’m going to have to redo these someday, so please don’t judge them too harshly lol. As part of a class project, we were told to create a creature inspired by a pinecone… they were ok until I added the dark wash (because I was told there wasn’t enough contrast. I should have just taken the docked grade. oh well.) I’m still pretty happy with the composition though, so they’re definitely on my to-redo list. Perhaps as a digital painting?